II vs its, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“II” is a noun and “its” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,020
“II” frequency rank: #75
“its” frequency rank: 1095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	II	its
Definition	Initialism of illegal immigrant.	Belonging to it.

Letter map: II vs its

Shared letters muted; letters that set II and its apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

3 ch

its

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: II is anoun and itsadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

II is recorded at frequency rank #1,020, classified as anoun. its is at rank #75, tagged as adet, pronounced /ɪts/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 1095, this pair ranks #528,115 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of II vs its

Shared letters: i. Private to "II": -. Private to "its": st.

"II" · 2 letters · shape VV · "its" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "II" and "its" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "II" is a noun and "its" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "II" or "its"?

"its" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #75 in our English list, against #1,020 for "II". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.